Loboscelidiinae is a small subfamily of cuckoo wasps in the family Chrysididae. There are 2 genera and more than 40 described species in Loboscelidiinae, and they are parasitoids of walking stick eggs.[1][2][3]

Loboscelidiinae
Loboscelidia, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Subfamily: Loboscelidiinae
Ashmead, 1903

Genera

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References

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  1. ^ Kimsey, Lynn S. (2018). "Morphology and review of the odd genus Rhadinoscelidia Kimsey, 1988 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Loboscelidiinae)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 62: 45–54. doi:10.3897/jhr.62.20888.
  2. ^ Baker, Ed (2016). "An online taxonomic database of the stick insect (Phasmida) egg-parasitising subfamilies Amiseginae and Loboscelidiinae (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 4 (4). Pensoft: e7441. doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e7441. PMC 4759390. PMID 26929715.
  3. ^ Baker, Ed (2019). "subfamily Loboscelidiinae Ashmead, 1903". Chrysididae species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-03.

Further reading

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  • Bohart, R. M.; Kimsey, L. S. (1982). A synopsis of the Chrysididae in America North of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. Vol. 33. American Entomological Institute. pp. 1–266. OL 10767294W.